A contempoary photo of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel, at their home in New York City Photo courtesy of Katsuyoshi Tanaka All images from Herb & Dorothy, an Arthouse Films Release 2009
In a recent bit of hagiography in the New Yorker, Calvin Tomkins claims that Bruce Nauman is now the most influential living artist in the world. But who is the biggest influence on Nauman? I would argue that it is Jasper Johns.